The Times Cryptic December 4 2020 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27839
Clues	Answers
A fighter, old ally abroad	AMIGO
A Welsh girl possibly penning English epic	AENEID
Able to feel bliss, even not very upset	SENSIBLE
Alternate representation of Turkestan	take turns
Attendant's uniform in my bank	COURTIER
Backing one-pound operas is foolish	BLITHERING
Blue put on a green space, which is random	ALEATORY
Case: it involves singular person on the fiddle?	INSTRUMENTALIST
Cheese not lasting long, for the most part	BRIE
Decisive blow spinning ruminant round	KAYO
E.g. stealing bit of crockery with a single dirty spot	DISHONESTY
Fabric a group of stars used to hem cape	LYCRA
Fresh sailing just off the south coast of England?	INSOLENT
German's a mug or a genius	EINSTEIN
Hastened, say, to return in Sierra?	RANGE
Hood to intimidate moll, ultimately	COWL
King leaves great conductor very regally	MAESTOSO
Lazybones fencing yard in daring jumper	SKYDIVER
Minor star playing in very poor conditions	RAINSTORM
One on the pull at Christmas __ the Queen?	DASHER
Part of hands holding small book	PSALMS
Person returned to office after business school	COMP
Quality of alien with soldiers clutching the head	OTHERNESS
Renaissance painter is cheeky in speech	LIPPI
Routine drug overdose	METHOD
State evidence of recent clothes-shopping trip?	new jersey
Temple, a divine one, toured by old man	PAGODA
Turkish hostelry welcomed by pilgrim __ a retreat	IMARET
Two versions of this person's books about to arrive	IMMINENT
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1759
Clues	Answers
A lot of shops brought back supplier of wool	LLAMA
Actors made to look different without hesitation for historical play	costume drama
Bad behaviour, not very cool	ICE
Follow up about a source of rope __ this rope?	LARIAT
Free to follow opening in London University? Sensational	LURID
Funny film with space to accommodate host of show	ROMCOM
Good to get out of rigged ball-game, with the French being easily persuaded	MALLEABLE
Hermit, say, is sour about Society	ASCETIC
I know what you mean in requesting a story?	tell me about it
It restrains things going up and down in response to climate change	umbrella-stand
Loud, and very close to home? Not initially	VOCAL
Marine creature turned up alone, shivering in Spanish port	BARCELONA
Murmured sound is not entirely unenthusiastic	COO
Nobleman investing in variable quantities on an annual basis	YEARLY
Not confident in a truce, wavering after intervention by knight	UNCERTAIN
One in the morning put out of joint regarding the environment	AMBIENT
Popular genre providing national anthem?	country music
Represented our scorn about article, becoming spiteful	RANCOROUS
Run in next race	EXTRA
Small lake would be more than enough for this sailor	TAR
Something that looks in either direction	EYE
Take on a party post, though not having the heart	ADOPT
Turn up quite late in the evening, say, with daughter	ATTEND
Want time to go to bay	COVET